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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἐκβολή

(Strong's #1546 — Noun Feminine — ekbole — ek-bol-ay' )

lit., "a throwing out" (from ekballo, "to throw out"), denotes "a jettison, a throwing out of cargo," Acts 27:18 , lit., "they made a throwing out," RV, "they began to throw the freight overboard," AV, "they lightened the ship." In the Sept., Exodus 11:1; Jonah 1:5 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Freight'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/freight.html. 1940.
 
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